Health cuts hurt LAUSD
Los Angeles Unified schools could lose up to $20 million - and be forced to close many of the region's school-based health clinics - under a plan by the Bush administration to stop reimbursing districts for certain Medicaid costs.
Local programs - including clinics at Carson High and Gardena High, coordination of asthma treatment or mobile medical vans that visit elementary schools - could be scaled back or eliminated, the district said.
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